Wat Nawamintararachutis constructed in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Assession to the Throne and the 80th Birthday of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. “the Temple of the Great King Rama IX.” It's simply called “Wat Nawamin.”

Monthly Meditation Practices

May 25 @ 8:00 am - May 27 @ 5:00 pm

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What is Meditation?
Meditation refers to the mental activity of sustaining conscious awareness on one thing, perception, concept, process or sensation. This may be, for example, the process of breathing, an external object, the concept and emotion of loving-kindness, a meaningful word, a physical sensation or the perception of impermanence Meditation can be done in any posture, but the most common ones are sitting cross-legged and walking back and forth. As mindful attention becomes increasingly continuous, the dispersed and distracted energy of the mind becomes more focused and clear. The act of sustaining awareness calms and soothes both the body and mind, while the focusing of attention energizes and brightens the mind.
The deeper the mediation becomes, the more quiet, still and blissful one feels. This cleansed and purified awareness, developed through repeated training, yields extraordinary clarity of mind. One begins to see things as they truly are, beyond the limitations of conditioned perceptions and habitual thought patterns. As one sees clearly, wisdom is born, and thus serenity and insight form an inseparable pair that is gradually cultivated through meditation.
There are two lands of mental culture, namely; Concentration meditation (Samatha Bhavna) and Insight meditation (Vipassana Bhavna). The details of meditation practice cannot be given here but those who want more information about meditation practice may contact Wat Nawamintararachutis of Cambridge-Boston Massachusetts USA at the mailing address provided below. Wat Nawamintararachutis 382 South Street East Raynham, MA 02767
Email: watnawamin2545@yahoo.com, Web Site: www.watnawamin.org, Facebook: watnawamintararachutis Boston

Buddhism Begins Where Science Ends
Science can give no assurance herein. But Buddhism can meet the atomic challenge, because the supramundane knowledge of Buddhism begins where science leaves off. And this is clear enough to anyone who has made study of Buddhism. For, through Buddhist meditation, the atomic constituents making up matter have been seen and felt, and the sorrow or unsatisfactoriness(or Dukkha), of their “arising and passing away” (dependent on causes) has made itself with what we call a ‘soul’ or ‘atma’ the illusion of Sakkayaditthi, as it has called in the Buddha’s teaching. Egerton C. Baptist, in “Supreme Science of Buddhism”

About Us

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Wat Nawamintararachutis – the NMR Buddhist Meditation Center (in short “Wat Nawamin”) was established in 2002 in honor of His Majesty King Rama IX of Thailand (King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great) who is the only monarch to have been born in the United States, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his coronation on June 9, 2006 and his 80th birthday on December 5, 2007. Wat Nawamintararachutis serves as a place for people of all races, nationalities, and backgrounds to benefit from Buddhist meditation and practice according to the doctrines of the Lord Buddha. read more